Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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MURDER CASE COMMENCED. < I \m El M hkM \M) si s\\ ?MUH ti? Foit kiu.iv. OTP MMM iuk >\vn . YenhVt in T. ?). Sanders ( Sot table ami New Trial (?ranUil? Carnx Tried Thur-da> \ftt?rnonn ? Judge Order??d \ eriltct of Not <.ulU> The pr 'i** In the court of general session** continued Thurs? day and Friday with a more than Usual degree of rapidity. Friday mornlng the case of the state against ? harUy alack and 8assn Brown was taken up and hid fair to take up most of the day. When court recessed for dinner the defense had several more witnesses to put up and the argu? ments had ?tili to he heard before the case would go to the Jury. Two cases were tried Thursday afternoon, in one of which Judge (ls-y ordered a ver? dict of 'not guilty." the first verdict of "not guilty" to be returned at this term of court Friday morning the case of the State against :harh*y Mack and Susan .trown was e'.tered int" M o k and the Brown woman were accused nhooMn* to death Robert 'drown. Susan Brown's husband, at their home In (Irler street several months ago. The witnesses put up by the State were Dave Dodson. a brother of tho dead man. who testified to the fact of the gun being In Macks posses? sion stthe time of the shooting, Of fleers H O MeKaken. A. I>. Owens, John Epperson who had been to the house shortly after the killing and who had later arrested Mack. These told of the finding of the body out? side of the door, several feet away from th place at which the two de? fendants had alleged he was shot. It. H. A. Mood testified to the fact that the wound had been Inflicted by a shot gun and that death was al? most Instantaneous. The line of defense put up was as to the friendly feeling always existing k between the two families previous to the shoot.ng and especially between Robert Brown, the dead man, and Charles Mack, and their constant vis Its to each other. Mahaley Mack, the mother of Charles Mack, testified to the fact that he was still a boy, dis? claiming his being a man. She cre? ated some merriment ir court when sb. answer to tie- Solicitor's ? ain't no man, he ain't minder." He was fifteen . yea* ' stated. nesses were also put up to testify to the good character of the defendant, Charles Mack. John Mallard was tried for assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons. He was found "not guilty" on the first count and "guilty" on the .second. He was sentenced to serve thirty days on the I ha.n gang and forfeit the pistol to the county, or pay ? line of $30. He paid the line. John Butler was tried for larceny of live stock and was acquitted on the order of the Judge to the jury to rend? er a verdict of not guilty. He was discharged. A hearing of the case against T. O. Sanders, found guilty of disposing of property under lien, was given and upon the showing that the defendant had never DOOM arrested and was not ?under bond to appear for trial, and was therefore not under the Jurisdic? tion of the court, the verdict of the Jury was set aside and a new trial was set for the next term of court. Sanders wag arrested and placed un? der bond to appear for trial at that time. \v it eck. i).\M\(iE repaired. Wrecking Crew at Work on Track Thursday Afternoon ami Night. The damage done at Camden Junc? tion to the Atlantic Coast Line track by the wreck there Thursduy morning had been practlcnlly repaired at 0 o'clock Friday morning and the morn? ing train from Columbia was allowed to pass there about that time on its way to Sumter and Florence. The wrecking train with a crew of workmen on board passed through Sumter about 2 o'clock Thursday from Florence on its way to the scene of the wreclc and the men were kept at work all afternoon and most of the night making the needed repairs on the 230 feet of track which had been torn up. In passing Friday morning the big A. C. L. engine which had been derailed Thursday in the wreck scaped off or bent a number of cin? der deflectors on the passenger train before the damage was noted and the train stopped so that the projecting part of the engine could be removed and no further damage done. It seems that the brakes on the freight train refused to work proper? ly and the A. C. L train ran right through the Southern train. The en? gine and four cars were derailed. Depot at I .aioar. Lumber is being hauled on the new depot site of S. C. W. Railway Com? pany for the erection of their depot which will be built in the vacant grove known as the park. A better place could not have been located as it is in the heart of the town and Just a few steps to Main street. The place is being cleared and cleaned up and work will begin at once on the depot. The grading is being pushed tvery day and within a few weeks it will have been Completed.?Lamar Correspondence Hartsville Messenger. aCardui Cured Me" For nearly ten years, at different times, Mrs. Mary Jinks of Treadway, Tenn., suffered with womanly troubles. She says: "At last, 1 took down and thought 1 would die. I could not sleep. I couldn't eat 1 had pains all over. The doctors gave me up. I read that Cardui had helped so many, and I began to take it, and it cured me, Cardui saved my life! Now, 1 can do anything." Cardu i Womat?Tonic If you are weak, tired, worn-out, or suffer from any of the pains peculiar to weak women, such as headache, backache, dragging-down feelmgs, pains in arm, side, hip or limbs, and other symptoms of womanly trouble, you should try Cardui, the woman's tonic Prepared from per? fectly harmless, vegetable ingredients, Cardui is the best remedy for you to use, as It can do you nothing but good. It contains no dangerous drugs. It has no bad after-effects. Ask your druggist He sells and recommends Cardui. f/rttt tor Lad!??' AthrWory Dept. Outtaaoota Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tern., |Ji S??hW ?ntrmtmru. aad te-pete book, Horn? Treatment lor Women.'' tent Ire*. J 54 mWMmWmumaxmxmmmxmxx*^^ They Have Arrived Seed Irish Potatoes nn.? b.ivi hi-*t r??,|\cil our WT*i ?h||MJBt*nl of Ittel famous old MUftM < I?111*.i i Iis, I.\itl.v Itosi . ami RHU BUSH, nn. have tli?-in in .inv i|iiaiitlt); buy tin in hy the qua i t or Ml extra chute i*ru ,' iiy iSmi t*Mvk. tVH wm leave row* order* early, aa nou hi the HM |t m u'lo plaollo- f??r r:n l> lablo ti-r. ?ffXTlAl \n ate rxpeetlnf dall] shlpeaenl <?i MIOST f ic< ?< ?i \ \i.\.\> i PI nvi -v Lei aa bare your ordern for n. Sibert's Drug Store, nn nn HIHI R i PK? >P 8 South Main Street. It :: ? ? ? ? I Phone I Ii umj?:?muui?m?nttnmm?u????:?:??im?i:m?inm??ni?m? VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY. si s\N BROWN AND CHARLES MACK RELEASED I'KOM MUR? DER CHARGE. Case Against T. L. Northeim for Ob? taining Goods under raise Pre? tenses Commenced Saturday Morn? ing. A verdict ?>f "not guilty" was re? turned Friday night in the case of the Statt- against Charles Mack and Su? san Drown, accused Of the murder of Robert Drown at his homo on Grier Streit several months ago. The ver? dict came as a surprise to many of those who had heard of the case and who listened to the evidence intro? duced at the trial. It is probable that this verdict was arrived at because of the previous good relations shown to have been ex? isting between the dead man and the man accused of killing him. Messrs. F, A. McLeod and A. S. Merrimon, two young attorneys Of the Sumter bar who had been appointed by the court to defend Mack and tile Brown wo? man, put up an able defense on be? half of the accused and it is probable due partly to their work that their clients were cleared. The case took up all of Friday, the verdict being returned after court ad? journed in the afternoon. The morn? ing was taken up in the hearing of evidence and most of the afternoon in the arguments and charge of the judge. Able pleas for conviction by the Solicitor and for acquittal by the lawyers for the defense were put up. The jury remained out only a short time before returning its verdict. Saturday morning the case of the State vs. T. L. NorthCUtt for obtain? ing goods by false pretense was com? menced and bid fair to take up most of the day. Northcutt was accused of giving a mortgage on a mule in the purchase of another mule, when he already had a previous mortgage on the first mule of which he did not in? form the second mortgagor. Mr. A. D. Harby of the Booth-Harby Live Stock Company was the prosecuting witness. During the morning all witnesses on both sides of the case were heard and the arguments were completed before court recessed for dinner. SENDS BULLET INTO His IIFAD. Edward Strout. Young Woodruft Farmer Commits Suicide. Bpartanburg, Feb. 13.?Leaving the breakfast table this morning, after complaining of his m health, Edward Strout, a well to do farmer, whose place adjoins the corporate boundary of Woodruff) walked Into the front yard and put a pistol bullet into his temple. He died immediately. Hi leaves a wife and one ? hihi. He is also survived by bis parents and sev? eral brothers and sisters living at Kn oree. PEEPLE8 TO Kl N FOR GOVER? NOR. Will Make Kaee in DDI. Attorney General Announces, Columbia, Feb. 14.?Attorney Gen? eral Thomas rl. Peoples announced positively tonight that he would be In the race for Governor In 1914. Gov< rnor Blease has already announc? ed his Candida' \ for the United Stat. s Senate that year, for the seat now held by Senator ES. D, Smith, and it is expected that announcements of oth? er candidates for Governor will be made shortly. Electrocution or Inoculation? Kingstree County Record. Representative Welch, of Richland county, has Introduced a bill In the Legislature to allow criminals con? victed of capital crimes the choice be? tween electrocution or Inoculation With the deadly germs of pellagra, it is hardly probable that such a bill will be seriously considered by the General Assembly. The Boat Cough Medicine. "l have used Chamberlain's Cough Remed) every since i have been keep? ing house." says L. C Hames, of Mat bury, Ala. "I consider it one ..f the best remedies I ever used. M V children have all taken it and It works like a charm. For colds and whooping cough it is excellent. 1 For sale by all deal? ers. Advt. Messrs w. 11 Shell? y A Son. of i New berry, have purchased the fur I nlture business heretofore conducted ? by Wltherspoon Bros Co., on South ', Main Street and will continue the business at the same stand. Tiny are furniture men of long experience and w ill c iri y a bt t cl i s stock of furniture and ofllce fixtures, Meib..(ii-i Mi ii inter Recommends i hum Im rliiltt's Cough Remedy. Hi v James \ Iw <. M Un< a, M Inn., w r it es! Chamberlain's Cough Rem ? < dy has be< n n n< i d< il and w< Icoine I guest m out home for s number of years I highly recommend II to my f ? Hows a * being a me lit ine worth) of trial in eases of colds, coin hs and croup" Give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a ti il and we are confident yon will find it vor) effectual and con? tinue to use it as occasion requires for years to come, as many others have 'done For sale by all dealers. Advt. MlSsoriU OUSTS STANDARD OIL. Supreme Court Denies Motion to Modify Its Judgment Jefferson City, Mo.. Feb. 13.?Tho Standard Oil Company of Indiana must quit busineM in this Sttae. it must dispose of its great refinery near Kansas City and all concerns in this State. This is the effect of an order issued by tho Suiircme Court today, when it denied th;> motion of the company for the modification of the judgment ngainst it to permit it to continue business in this State on comolian.e with the laws in the future. The or? der was made by a per curiam opin? ion of the Supreme Court, made by rive judges. Chief Justice Lamm and Judge Woodson dissented. The majority opinion holds that the court has no power now, since the term at which the opinion was ren? dered has expired, to modify its de? cree. The dissenting opinion holds that the action of the majority leaves the Waters-Pierce Company in full control of the oil business. Tho opinion says: "The court as a whole is of the opinion that we have no right to amend our judgment and decree raf? ter the term has stapled. But even if it be conceded that we can grant the relief asked by controlling our pro < ? ss, yet a majority of us are not in pressed with the propriety of doing iso. * Dr. King's New Discovery. Soothes irritated throat and lungs, stops chronic and hacking cough, re? lieves ticking throat, tastes nice. Take no other; once used, always used. Buy it at Sibert's Drug Store.Advt. SUMTER PROOF. Should Convince Every Bumter Head? er. I The frank statement of a neighbor, telling the merits of a remedy. Bids you pause and believe. The same endorsement. , By some stranger far away Commands no belief at all. Here's a Sumter case. A Sumter citizen testifies. Read and be convinced. E. T. Windham, grocer, 20 E. Cal houn Street, Sumter, S. C, sa>s: "My kidneys did not do their work regular? ly and I was annoyed by too frequent pasages of the kidney secretion. There was lameness, soreness and pain in the small of my back and 1 had oth? er symptoms of kidney complaint. Doan'l Kidney Pills, which 1 got at China's Drug Store, entirely relieved me .and acted as a tonic to my sys? tem." For sale by ;ill dealers. Price 50 ??ents. Foster-MUburn Co., Buffalo. New York, sol*- agents for the United States. Remember tho name?Doan'i?and take no other. No. 28 So Need to Stop Work. When the doctor orders you to stop vork it staggers you. 1 can't, you ssy Vou kiu-w you are weak, run down ; nd failing in health day by day, but you must work as long as you can Btand. What you need Is Electric Bit? ter! to give tone, strength and vikr*?r to your syst? in, to prevent break down and build you up. Don't be weak, sickly <>r ailing when Electric Bitters will benefit you from the first dose. Thousands bless them for their glor? ious health and strength. Try them. Every bottle is guaranteed to satisfy. Only 50c at Sibert's Drug Store.? Advt. _ Geo. H. Hurst, UNDERTAKER AXD EMBALMED Prompt attention to day or night calls. AT OLD J. D. CRAIG STAND, 202 X Main Street. Day Plume 539. Night Phone 201. Economy vs. Extravagance On the word of one of the Wisest philosophers of the ago. you may set it down as a truth ?that a man can better afford the most economical of extra? vagances than the most extra? vagant of economies. It's Extravagant Economy to wear your old Glasses if they are not CXUCtly suited to you. Wo can show vou whether they are, and it won't cost you everything to know. Graduate optician in charge. We grind our own lenses, l.ei us till your prescription. Ml work guaranteed. W. A. Thompson. Je veler and Optician 6. S. Main Sumter, S. C. You can Ask the Question of any of the thousands of companies and individuals who keep a ba?k ac? count Why? The answer will invariably be the same in meaning: "Keeping a bank accoHnt is the most modern and sys? tematic way of conducting fimancial transactions." Don't get the idea how? ever, that you must have riches to need a bank account?rather you need a bank account to accumulate riches. The Bank of Sumter. Saw Or do anything else that requires the use of Good Tools, come to us. We make a specialty of keeping the best brands of tools made. "OK OmlnlH" Cemtnt, Lime, Hair&ivoryM Plaster The DuRant Hdw. Co. If You TOUR OLD TEETH. Toil will be surprised to know what Dr. C. H. Courtney can do with your (dd teeth. He can increase their usefulness many times; can possibly add others to them improving your looks as well as your health. Delays are dangerous and always so with decayed teeth. Sumter Dental Parlors, DR. C. H. COUR i NEY, Prop. OVER MRS. ATKINSON S MILLINERY STORE. WHEN IN NEED OF A GOOD WORK SHOE EASY, HONEST AND WELL MADE, Ask For the CRAFTSMAN LINE Manufactured By Witherspoon Bros. Shoe Mfg. Co. SUMTER, S. C. Sold by all RESPONSIBLE merchants. Buy them and cut your Shoe bill 25 per cent. Satisfaction guananteed. LAND LIME. We are prepared t.t furnish this product al prices that will enable every farmer to use it. Wo have e v?r> low price this year and nothing v\i.i do your land more good, * specially run down lands, or l '\\ and Bour land, it is ueci sear) i"<>r all leguminous crops such is Alfalfa, clover, vetch, peas, ? tc. t our prices in car lots or In smaller quantith Samples on request. B00TH-HARBY LIVE STOCK COMPANY, SUM IHR, S. C.